Ecology Test Prep

_______ is the study of how organisms and non-living things interact in an environment.

• Ecologist

• Biology

• Ecology

• Sociology

Living things that make their own energy are called _________.

• producers

• predators

• consumers

• symbiosis

Organisms that get their energy from eating other living things are called _________.

• producers

• autotrophs

• consumers

• prey

A close relationship between two species is called symbiosis. The three types of symbiosis are:

• parasitism

• predator-prey relationship

• commensalism

• mutualism

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• competition

• commensalism

A lion chasing and capturing a gazelle in the savannah of Africa is an example of:

• mutualism

• parasitism

• a predator-prey relationship

• commensalism

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit is

• commensalism

• predator-prey relationship

• mutualism

• parasitism

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected is

• predator-prey relationship

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

Select the picture that represents mutualism.

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Select the image that represents parasitism.

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